Toward an Evolutionary-Developmental Explanation of Alternative Reproductive Strategies: The Central Role of Switch-Controlled Modular Systems

Bruce J. Ellis

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Toward an Evolutionary-Developmental Explanation of Alternative Reproductive Strategies: The Central Role of Switch-Controlled Modular Systems

Bruce J. Ellis

Family and Consumer Sciences, School of

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Abstract

This chapter advances a theory of the development of individual differences in reproductive strategies by drawing on the West-Eberhard model of switch-controlled systems. The first part of the chapter describes the concept of switch-controlled modular systems and their critical role in the development and maintenance of alternative reproductive strategies. This part also dicusses ultimate causation. The chapter asks: At an evolutionary level, how has the process of natural selection organized these modular systems? The second part of the chapter discusses the conditions under which natural selection favors regulation of alternative reproductive strategies through adaptive genetic variation versus conditional responsivity to developmental conditions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Evolution of Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199893485
ISBN (Print)	9780195372090
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195372090.003.0007
State	Published - May 1 2011

Keywords

Adaptive genetic variation
Conditional responsivity
Individual differences
Natural selection
Reproductive strategy
Switch-controlled modular systems
West-Eberhard model

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General Psychology

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